Jeff Hoffmann, D.O.’84, was featured in the Guttenberg Press on Nov. 2 for his 25 years of serving as a sidelines physician at football games in Guttenberg, IA. A physical therapist before earning his D.O. degree, he helped start the […]
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Cass Igram, D.O.’84, is a nutritional physician who has written more than 20 books, with the pseudonym Cass Ingram, on natural healing and the health benefits and disease-fighting properties of wild medicinal spice extracts. His most recent book, The Cannabis
Leonard Mermel, D.O.’84, ScM, AM (Hon.), FSHEA, FIDSA, FACP, on June 2, 2016, was officially congratulated by the Rhode Island Senate on his 60th birthday and thanked for his dedication and service to the state’s citizens. He is professor of
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Polly J. Hineman, D.O.’84, in August plans to shift her practice from the Central Iowa Healthcare Clinic in Toledo, IA, to Deer Creek Family Care, also in Toledo, an affiliated clinic of Grinnell (IA) Regional Medical Center. She has served
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First-, second- and third-year physical therapy students made DMU proud by providing recovery services to more than 150 runners participating in the IMT Des Moines Marathon and half-marathon on Oct. 18. Tyler Wishau, D.P.M.’14, participated in the half-marathon while juggling
Noreen O’Shea, D.O.’84, FAAFP, readily admits she was “scared” about joining the DMU family medicine program in March 2014, but in the time since she’s aptly applied the wisdom of Lucille Ball to “face your fear and it will disappear.”
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Leonard A. Mermel, D.O.’84, had his first senior-authored original article published in the New England Journal of Medicine: He was among the authors of “Intravascular complications of central venous catheterization by insertion site” (New England Journal of Medicine 373: 1220-1229,
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When he was 10 years old, Thomas Benzoni was happily hurtling downhill on his bicycle when the front wheel fell off. So did Benzoni, who sustained injuries and gained an interest in medicine thanks to the care he received. “The
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Susan Beck, D.O.’84, FACOS, in July 2015 was featured in the Des Moines Business Record as a 2015 “Woman of Influence” honoree for her stellar surgical career as medical director with Katzmann Breast Center in West Des Moines. She pursued
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Noreen O’Shea was installed as president-elect of the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) at its annual banquet Nov. 14 in Des Moines. She previously was IAFP vice president. O’Shea is assistant professor of family medicine at DMU, where she teaches
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